Coronation Street stars to behave or be sacked

Coronation Street stars to behave or be sacked

The move comes after Sue Cleaver, 44, who plays Eileen Grimshaw in Coronation Street, was found to be twice over the drink-drive limit.

She was handed a 17-month road ban last week and fined £1,000. Bosses at ITV Granada in Manchester are said to have “gone off the dial” at news of her arrest.

They called an emergency meeting and told their stars to tone down their party lifestyle.

Earlier that week, co-star Ryan Thomas appeared in front of magistrates for failing to report an accident. Thomas, 25, who plays Cleaver’s son Jason Grimshaw, was behind the wheel when his car collided with a lamp-post in Manchester. He was fined £2,000.

nIncoming executive producer Phil Collinson, who takes over in June, has warned the regime will be totally different when he arrives.

A Corrie source said: “They have been told to keep their heads down and stay out of trouble.

n“It’s a case of sober up and take your job and your position seriously or get going.

“He won’t let people compromise the show by doing stupid things. He wants to keep Coronation Street the best soap around and if that means coming down hard, then so be it.”